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Published: 2006-08-16 17:36:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 3041; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 31
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This is a quickie digital painting to get my technique down. 1 layer, no blending or smoothing and no eraser. I was trying to emulate a traditional painting style since I suck at traditional painting.
The reference photo is stunning and belongs to `guitarjohnny .
Photoshop CS2 Working time: 2½ hours approx.
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Haha - the rhyming wasn't intentional. At least... I don't think so! 
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no. eraser. one. layer.
-dies-
this is amazing. I can't really put it into the right words.
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Glad you like it.
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Wow I love the way you've captured the texture of the skin, great work!
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Thanks very much. Mostly carefully placed highlights.
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Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I've made a journal featuring various frog pictures and this is one of them!
My Frog Journal
Have fun!
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Thanks very much for featuring my lil' froggie!
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I had to put this in my favorites. Frogs and toads put together are my favorite. This is just stunning, so stunning that it's just outragous this is a painting!!
I'm waiting on a tutorial on how you did this frog, I would like to see the progress of how you did it and along with that a tutorial. If you don't mind of course! This is just amazing!
Again, great work! I really like it. It looks so photo realistic, it's not even funny!
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Unfortunately I don't have any progress shots for this piece. It was something I did fairly quickly during lunch at work but if you take a peek in my Scraps you'll see lots of progress shots for some of my human portraits - I used the same techniques for this one.
Glad you like it.
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So this is what brought forth the Hypnotoad in Futurama.
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I adore him!!
...althought I generally think toads are creepy.
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Hehee! Well if you like my froggy, that's all that matters, right?
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Toadally realistic frog! Must 
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It is sooo cute and it looks sooo real!! faving it!!
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Yes indeedy. Gotta love the Wacom!
Thanks for the
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Thanks for the
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Glad you like it - and thanks for the
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Great job!! I'm a big fan of johnny's too, I've been trying to learn from his example.
Your artwork is amazing, I look forward to seeing more!
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Well I have some spares lying around - pants... flabbergasted... pickles... bananajam... I have more...
Thanks for the
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you are most welcome i like your humour
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Extremely realistic, I'd say it could almost pass off as an actual photograph if it wasn't for the tree branch underneath the frog. The frog itself, looks fully realistic, if I didn't know better, I would have thought you took the photograph of the frog and placed it in the picture.
Well done
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Thanks so much, blackmutt.
I really was in two minds about how much detail to include. At one point, there was nothing but the frog but it looked a bit odd. 
Thanks again.
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Thanks, meihua. Glad you like him!
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So glad you like it!
I was worried I would not be able to do the photo justice but everyone seems to like it!
Thanks for creating such wonderful photos!
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looks awesome and choose any photo in my gallery to draw 
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Wow.... I thought this was a photo until I looked really close.
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I love me some realism...
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Awesome - it looks so much like the reference pic !!! Looking at your work I would love to try digital art some day - but would have to get my hands on a good program - any you can recommend?
For now I'll stick to my faithful mechanical pencil...
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